Clay County Sheriff Jeff Franklin tells the Hastings Tribune (https://bit.ly/O3dQA7) that 66-year-old Alan Watson, of rural Fairfield, was engaged in a routine activity when he died inside the 1 1/2-story grain bin on Tuesday. Investigators say Watson was using an auger to move corn out of the bin and into trucks when he died. The bin was about half-full of corn at the time.

Franklin says Watson’s wife and a truck driver were outside the bin when they noticed no grain was coming through. They began looking for Watson, but could not find him, then called for rescue crews.

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